Daimí Pernía
Cuban hurdler
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Full name | Daimí Perniá Figueroa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | La Nena | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1976-12-27) December 27, 1976 (age 47) La Palma, Pinar del Río | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 12 June 2013 |
Daimí Pernía Figueroa (born December 27, 1976, in La Palma, Pinar del Río) is a retired Cuban athlete competing mainly in 400 m hurdles. A former basketball player, she did not rise to international level until 1999, when she lowered her personal best from 55.51s to 52.89s and even became world champion. She announced her retirement in 2007.[1]
Personal bests
- 200 m: 23.43 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) – Camagüey, 27 February 1999
- 400 m: 51.10 s – Getafe, 10 July 2001
- 100 m hurdles: 14.31 s – Santiago de Cuba, 4 May 1992
- 400 m hurdles: 52.89 s – Sevilla, 25 August 1999
Achievements
References
- ^ Daimí Pernía (in Spanish), EnCaribe, archived from the original on June 20, 2013, retrieved June 12, 2013
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External links
- Daimí Pernía at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daimí Pernía". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24.
- Tilastopaja biography
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Preceded by | Women's 400m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1999 | Succeeded by |
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World champions in women's 400 m hurdles
- 1980: Bärbel Broschat (GDR)
- 1983: Yekaterina Fesenko (URS)
- 1987: Sabine Busch (GDR)
- 1991: Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS)
- 1993: Sally Gunnell (GBR)
- 1995: Kim Batten (USA)
- 1997: Nezha Bidouane (MAR)
- 1999: Daimí Pernía (CUB)
- 2001: Nezha Bidouane (MAR)
- 2003: Jana Pittman (AUS)
- 2005: Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)
- 2007: Jana Rawlinson (AUS)
- 2009: Melaine Walker (JAM)
- 2011: Lashinda Demus (USA)
- 2013: Zuzana Hejnová (CZE)
- 2015: Zuzana Hejnová (CZE)
- 2017: Kori Carter (USA)
- 2019: Dalilah Muhammad (USA)
- 2022: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)
- 2023: Femke Bol (NED)
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